A ‘Normal’ Doctor’s Schedule – Ghana Day 9
Just a typical day at Ghana’s Baptist Medical Center: This morning I arrived find to 27 new patients admitted […]
Just a typical day at Ghana’s Baptist Medical Center: This morning I arrived find to 27 new patients admitted […]
Making rounds at Baptist Medical Center in Ghana – up near the northern border with Burkina Faso. Stunningly, a
Here at Lubango Evangelical Medical Center it is the nurse practitioners that first attend to those coming for care.
At the height of the Angolan Civil War I was living in the central city of Huambo. The city
All of us involved in ‘global health’ agree with the imperative of preventive care and relief from poverty. But
This is a question very few, if any, neonatologist ever faces in wealthier communities. Today I met this mother
This morning I arrived to find this man, who arrived with a history of weight loss (check out the
Early death is an inconsolable fact of life. In the world’s poorest nations, like Angola from where I’m writing
One of the saddest health problems in all the developing world is vesicovaginal fistula (VVF). It’s a hole created between
“Doctor, come quickly!” The nurse’s voice carried a tone of urgency that matched his message. I rose rapidly and